A new biography of the most famous American of his time: Mark Twain

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Tossed this into the submissions hat because I didn't know that "he spent more than a dozen years of his adult life outside the United States", and a few other tidbits in this piece.

(Not that I was an expert on Twain before, but I've been reading him, and about him, for a few years now. I'm a sucker for the "unpopular opinions" strain of famous authors, such as Mark Twain, H.L.Mencken and Gore Vidal ;-)

Fun stuff about Twain that I learned recently: He befriended Hellen Keller and helped get her funded. He was good pals with Tesla. The back story on Hellen Keller is pretty impressive too.

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